The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-26
CARDINAL MANNING AT HOME.
Ills Views Concerning the Country
and ireland.

ming, says London letter to The Bal.
timore Sun. We sat in his library, q
large room, with shelving running
around two sides, filled with rare and
antique volumes. The furniture Of the
room Is of the plainest character; and
the floors are bare except for two small
and WORKOUT rugs, which appear just
like patch in the center. A more UNI
INVITING room and apartments cen
scarcely be fancied, but 1t was ali for
gotten In the charm of the presence OF
the owner. There Is peculiar attrac-
ton In the culture and manners of many
of the Catholic priesthood, which Is
not less appreciated and admired by
Professionals than by Catholics. do
not know when have spent an hour
more full of interest, instruction. and
intellectual enjoyment than that with
this dear, lovely old man. He is with
in month or two of four score; but,
while his figure is very spare, his face
wan, and the wrinkles on it deep in
deed, the glorius soul and mind which
God gave him beam with an unspeak-
able luster. 'He looked me straight
and steadily in the eyes as he talked in
earnest. gentle tones, and 1t was long
after left that the brighter and purer
atmosphere which he dif1used faded.
Naturally our talk ran upon English,
Irish. and American politics, and TO
some extent upon church matters.
The cardinal evinced accurate know
lede of American affairs. He admires
our form of government, but thinks its
administration could be improved If
we had fewer elections and longer terms
of office. He takes much interest in
the proposition for the assembling OF
Catholic congress of English-speaking
people, and said he had just received
letter from Bishop Ireland in regard
to that matter. | asked the cardinal
about the progress of Catholicism in
England. He said it was most CRAFTY
ing; that it was not so much in COM
parative point of numbers as in mater
ial progress and influence. The church
now stood on happy basis in England.
and was given as much consideration
by government and people as any other
denomination. The church of England
lid not exercise or attempt to exercise
any direct influence on legislation or
politics, but of course its patronage
controlled votes. He showed me from
his window, a splendid site, covering
four acres, which he secured some time
since for the erection of q grand cathe-
lral in London. He said he should not
at his advanced time of life, attempt to
begin the work of building this cathe-
lral; that was an undertaking for a
Younger man. Speaking of Ireland.
The cardinal said that there exists in
that oppressed island no such freedom
and liberty as in Great Britain. One
never knew there was any law until he
ran again$ it. Scotland and England
we're conf etly fused in identity of in
;erest. was different with Ireland,
because y the different treatment
That unhappy island has been ruled BY
England for more than three centuries
by force alone. 1t was under Henry
Will that the policy was inaugrated
which had made and kept Ireland dis.
affected. Had it not been for this Ire
land would have been as devoted and
as loyal to the English crown as Scot
land. He was an Englishman to the
backbone, but he knew and loved the
Irish people. A more true, more
loyal, more noble race never existed.
They could be ruled with an uplifted
thumb when kindly and justly dealt
with, bW they never would bow to
force and wrong. He had often been
asked about boycotters and moonshin-
srs, and so on. He believed that injus-
tice always developed the worst pas
;ions of men, and boycotters and moon
sinners were the product of injustice.
Proper and just land laws he considered
to be the essential element for the tran
auilizing of Ireland. and one feature
must be the requirement of absentee
landlords to return or part with their
estates. There were several big cor
porations in London which owned vast
tracts of land in Ireland. This was
manifestly wrong, and one of the first
things to be remedied was that these
lands should go into the possession of
those whose labor gave them all the
value they possess. The cardinal said
he had never been much enamored
with the name of Irish Parliament"
In his view the Legislative body to be
created for Ireland should not be one
with the perogatives of a parliament
as commonly understood, but cham
Der which should have the control of
legislation affecting local matters only.
| said to him had found no sentiment
worth speaking of in London in favor
of Irish home rule, and inquired what
he thought about the prospects. He
replied that London was intensely ar
istocratic. intensely welded to custom,
and therefore opposed to change. But
it was not so 10 the provinces. The
feeling in favor Of home rule was grow